I've Been There Before

The passage led to the lift. With great fear, it seemed the passage was covered by nails.

Grace silently followed Kirk.

The lift was ahead of them. Kirk stopped for a second and gestured Grace to go ahead alone as if he was a gentleman. “Please, Miss Grace.”

“You…” Grace hesitated. She was not a warm-hearted girl, but she glanced over Kirk’s icy-cold face. “Don’t you come with me?”

“President only want to meet you.”

Kirk still grabbed Ruby’s arm in his hand. She hastily shouted as the lift door was about to close, “Grace! Grace! Please help me! I know you are too kind to leave me in the hell, right?”

Kirk annoyingly shot her a glare, and turned to Grace. “Miss Grace, you owe her nothing.”

There was no need to bother his president for the bitch.

Grace said before the door closed, “I know.”

I know I don’t owe her. I want to see the man I hate not for her.

Grace didn’t want to explain anything to anyone.

When the door opened again, she took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. He noticed her deathly-pale face reflected on the wall of the lift from the corner of her eyes.

Perhaps, in others’ opinion, she only came to beg a man she knew about for another, which was not a big deal.

But, in terms of Grace, it was much more painful… than kneeling on the ground.

“President Shaw, here I am.” For some reason, the lights in the hall were out, except some dimmed lights. On the cowhide sofa near the French window sat a man, his arm languidly laid on the armrest. Between his fingers, his smoking cigarette was snapped out.

She kind of flinched.

She instinctively moved backward.

In the meantime, there came a small laugh. “Have a seat.”

“…”

in the sofa pointed to

here to beg for

to

there just because my order?” The man

was playing

my president, and I have to obey your

man thought he heard a joke…Obey his

Who?

James? The daughter of family

his arm laying on the armrest, his posture

clock ticked away the seconds, Grace started to get

locked on her face. With dim light, she couldn’t see his expression clearly. From time to time, she looked up into his eyes, only

and she tilted her

hoped he can say

“I know, and I

paused a beat, digesting his words…It turned out that the president was waiting for her to start

What a misunderstanding…so awkward.

didn’t know she was blushed scarlet, even her neck

man across from her took in

some reason, there’s something

to beg

His deep voice

let

poor Grace. She had hurt you before, and what you do just leaves her another chance to hurt you again. How do they describe a person like

in her eyes…Perfect daughter of family James?

know the girl

narrowed his eyes and stared at her…Did she

to release Ruby

cold. “It’s none of my business if you want to be the Mother Maria, but how

sarcastically after bellowing coldly, “Grace, you know your kneeling was worthless for

know,” Grace replied hoarsely and tilted